From the Goss Family History by Troy Goss:
Ila Anna Goss was born on May 14, 1905, in Coulterville, Mariposa County, California. She married Frank Harry Barrett, a grandson of Irish, Scottish, and Italian immigrants, on July 2, 1924, in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. Together they tended to old Coulterville and kept up the museum and post office. Their deep ties to and knowledge of the old town made them the town historians. They had four daughters; Russelle, Wilma, Patsy and Frankie.
Ila Anna Goss and Frank Harry Barrett were married by Rev. Marcus P. McClure on July 2, 1924, at the home of Asa and Mabel Procily at 127 Sierra Drive, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. They moved to Merced, Merced County where their first daughter was born, and then to the Barrett family homestead in Merced Falls where the other three were born. It was in Merced Falls that Frank opened a garage and service station.
In 1936 they sold the Merced Falls homestead and moved up to Coulterville where Frank was a cattle rancher and served as justice of the peace for four years. Ila worked as a storekeeper and homemaker.
During World War II the family lived near Merced where Frank worked at the Del Monte Orchards as a blacksmith, welder and horseshoer. When the war was over they returned to Coulterville where Frank operated Barrett's Garage and Service Station, assisted by his wife Ila. They added a grocery store and museum of early day curios, his lifelong hobby, operating it until retirement in 1963.
Frank Harry Barrett died on January 12, 1977, following a short illness. Service were held at the Franklin and Down Colonial Chapel in Modesto on the 15th he was laid to rest at the Coulterville Cemetery. Ila Anna Goss-Barrett died 29 years later on July 29, 2006. She was 101 years old. Ila is buried along side her husband Frank at the Coulterville Cemetery.
Ila Anna Goss was born on May 14, 1905, in Coulterville, Mariposa County, California. She married Frank Harry Barrett, a grandson of Irish, Scottish, and Italian immigrants, on July 2, 1924, in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. Together they tended to old Coulterville and kept up the museum and post office. Their deep ties to and knowledge of the old town made them the town historians. They had four daughters; Russelle, Wilma, Patsy and Frankie.
Ila Anna Goss and Frank Harry Barrett were married by Rev. Marcus P. McClure on July 2, 1924, at the home of Asa and Mabel Procily at 127 Sierra Drive, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. They moved to Merced, Merced County where their first daughter was born, and then to the Barrett family homestead in Merced Falls where the other three were born. It was in Merced Falls that Frank opened a garage and service station.
In 1936 they sold the Merced Falls homestead and moved up to Coulterville where Frank was a cattle rancher and served as justice of the peace for four years. Ila worked as a storekeeper and homemaker.
During World War II the family lived near Merced where Frank worked at the Del Monte Orchards as a blacksmith, welder and horseshoer. When the war was over they returned to Coulterville where Frank operated Barrett's Garage and Service Station, assisted by his wife Ila. They added a grocery store and museum of early day curios, his lifelong hobby, operating it until retirement in 1963.
Frank Harry Barrett died on January 12, 1977, following a short illness. Service were held at the Franklin and Down Colonial Chapel in Modesto on the 15th he was laid to rest at the Coulterville Cemetery. Ila Anna Goss-Barrett died 29 years later on July 29, 2006. She was 101 years old. Ila is buried along side her husband Frank at the Coulterville Cemetery.
From the Goss Family History by Troy Goss:
Ila Anna Goss was born on May 14, 1905, in Coulterville, Mariposa County, California. She married Frank Harry Barrett, a grandson of Irish, Scottish, and Italian immigrants, on July 2, 1924, in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. Together they tended to old Coulterville and kept up the museum and post office. Their deep ties to and knowledge of the old town made them the town historians. They had four daughters; Russelle, Wilma, Patsy and Frankie.
Ila Anna Goss and Frank Harry Barrett were married by Rev. Marcus P. McClure on July 2, 1924, at the home of Asa and Mabel Procily at 127 Sierra Drive, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. They moved to Merced, Merced County where their first daughter was born, and then to the Barrett family homestead in Merced Falls where the other three were born. It was in Merced Falls that Frank opened a garage and service station.
In 1936 they sold the Merced Falls homestead and moved up to Coulterville where Frank was a cattle rancher and served as justice of the peace for four years. Ila worked as a storekeeper and homemaker.
During World War II the family lived near Merced where Frank worked at the Del Monte Orchards as a blacksmith, welder and horseshoer. When the war was over they returned to Coulterville where Frank operated Barrett's Garage and Service Station, assisted by his wife Ila. They added a grocery store and museum of early day curios, his lifelong hobby, operating it until retirement in 1963.
Frank Harry Barrett died on January 12, 1977, following a short illness. Service were held at the Franklin and Down Colonial Chapel in Modesto on the 15th he was laid to rest at the Coulterville Cemetery. Ila Anna Goss-Barrett died 29 years later on July 29, 2006. She was 101 years old. Ila is buried along side her husband Frank at the Coulterville Cemetery.
Ila Anna Goss was born on May 14, 1905, in Coulterville, Mariposa County, California. She married Frank Harry Barrett, a grandson of Irish, Scottish, and Italian immigrants, on July 2, 1924, in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. Together they tended to old Coulterville and kept up the museum and post office. Their deep ties to and knowledge of the old town made them the town historians. They had four daughters; Russelle, Wilma, Patsy and Frankie.
Ila Anna Goss and Frank Harry Barrett were married by Rev. Marcus P. McClure on July 2, 1924, at the home of Asa and Mabel Procily at 127 Sierra Drive, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. They moved to Merced, Merced County where their first daughter was born, and then to the Barrett family homestead in Merced Falls where the other three were born. It was in Merced Falls that Frank opened a garage and service station.
In 1936 they sold the Merced Falls homestead and moved up to Coulterville where Frank was a cattle rancher and served as justice of the peace for four years. Ila worked as a storekeeper and homemaker.
During World War II the family lived near Merced where Frank worked at the Del Monte Orchards as a blacksmith, welder and horseshoer. When the war was over they returned to Coulterville where Frank operated Barrett's Garage and Service Station, assisted by his wife Ila. They added a grocery store and museum of early day curios, his lifelong hobby, operating it until retirement in 1963.
Frank Harry Barrett died on January 12, 1977, following a short illness. Service were held at the Franklin and Down Colonial Chapel in Modesto on the 15th he was laid to rest at the Coulterville Cemetery. Ila Anna Goss-Barrett died 29 years later on July 29, 2006. She was 101 years old. Ila is buried along side her husband Frank at the Coulterville Cemetery.
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